SAINTS 2002; Norther League Season Preview; Big shtick; After 10 years, the St. Paul Saints' brand of entertainment packs their stadium. The team wants the baseball to be part of the draw, too.(SPORTS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 23, 2002| Author: Millea, John | Copyright information

Byline: John Millea; Staff Writer

When the grand baseball experiment began in 1993, the St. Paul Saints were a gang of oddballs, a mysterious circus that brought to town an old bull - ex-Chicago Cubs slugger Leon (Bull) Durham - a young pig who delivered balls to the umpire, a nun administering massages in the stands, fireworks on the fifth of July, whoopee cushions and all sorts of hi-jinks that Abner Doubleday never could have imagined.

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